Abstract:Purpose: The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) allows health care providers to quickly stratify older patients, in order to support clinical decision making. However, few studies have evaluated the CFS interrater reliability (IRR) in Emergency Departments (EDs), and the freely available smartphone application for CFS assessment was never tested for reliability. This study aimed to evaluate the IRR of CFS ratings comparing assessments by ED clinicians and a study team supported by a smartphone application for CFS as… Show more
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